RE: Transparent Fonts

2009-07-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker doesn't support the Adobe PDF transparency model in any way, shape, or form. The only way you can do wrt/ transparency is to import content that has already flattened (in my book, we call that ruined transparency) in either PDF or EPS. Specifically making text in FrameMaker itself

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Garnier Garnier
Hello Listers,   I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch to but involves a very deep learning curve. Is

Re: Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Garnier Garnier wrote: Hello Listers, I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch to but involves a

http://www.lipsum.com/

2009-07-23 Thread Art Campbell
My favorite site of the day you know when you set up a template or design project, you can never find greeking? This site generates it for you on demand Art Campbell               art.campb...@gmail.com  ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52

Re: http://www.lipsum.com/

2009-07-23 Thread Writer
=D Already been bookmarked. It's great for testing templates. Nadine --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com wrote: From: Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com Subject: http://www.lipsum.com/ To: Free Framers fram...@omsys.com, FrameUsers List framers@lists.frameusers.com

Re: Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Art Campbell wrote: Gary, Hasn't 5.1 been released to fix the problems that 5.0 had? I was hearing about it, but don't use it (yet) so I haven't tracked it down. Art Found this while searching for 5.1: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 15 April 2009 View: New views

opening program files from an html file

2009-07-23 Thread Martha Lee
Hi All, Im using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go to generate html files that the developers are going to display within a pane in our software interface. They've asked me to embed a file link in the html file so that when the user clicks on that link, it opens the specified file in our software. The

RE: Section Numbering Problem in Frame 9

2009-07-23 Thread Dustin Wilcox
Thanks, Lynne. That fixed my problem. It was confusing that you could set the section number in the files, but then had to override it in the book with folders. All part of learning Frame 9. -Original Message- From: Lynne A. Price [mailto:lpr...@txstruct.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21,

Adding files to book results in reverse order

2009-07-23 Thread Dustin Wilcox
Hopefully this is an easy one. I had this problem in 7.2 and now 9 and wonder what exactly is causing it and if there is a fix. I'm creating a book and adding 50 or so files to it (through the add file button). Even though the files are sequentially numbered, Frame adds them in reverse order.

RE: Adding files to book results in reverse order

2009-07-23 Thread Fred Ridder
This is a Windows issue rather than a FrameMaker issue, per se. FrameMaker has always worked this way on Windows platforms, and probably always will because it uses the Windows file selection dialog, which doesn't pass the files to the application in the same order in which the user lists

Re: Adding files to book results in reverse order

2009-07-23 Thread Ian Hawkins
Instead of using Add Files, just drag them from a Windows explorer window onto the book. This way the order stays the same. Ian Dustin Wilcox wrote: Hopefully this is an easy one. I had this problem in 7.2 and now 9 and wonder what exactly is causing it and if there is a fix. I'm creating

RE: Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Mollye Barrett
I have used DocBook for many years. As a structure model, DocBook is robust and met all our needs for documenting heavy equipment in 24 languages. It is well developed and well supported. Given the development work is done up front, some people learn quickly while others struggle. On the

[OT] API technical writer list?

2009-07-23 Thread Reid Gray
Hi Framers, I was wondering if there were any lists around for API technical writers? LinkedIn groups? Thanks, Reid ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com.

RE: Section Numbering Problem in Frame 9

2009-07-23 Thread Lynne A. Price
At 06:41 AM 7/23/2009, Dustin Wilcox wrote: Thanks, Lynne. That fixed my problem. It was confusing that you could set the section number in the files, but then had to override it in the book with folders. All part of learning Frame 9. Dustin, It is confusing. Still, FM must let you set

Re: Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Garnier Garnier wrote: Hello Listers, I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch to but involves a

Re: opening program files from an html file

2009-07-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:55:32 -0400, Martha Lee martha@coventor.com wrote: Im using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go to generate html files that the developers are going to display within a pane in our software interface. They've asked me to embed a file link in the html file so that when the user

"Transparent Fonts"

2009-07-23 Thread ecid...@zoominternet.net
Okay Fellow Frame Templars. Live! From New York!you finish the rest First, the setup: Windows XP, Frame 8 unstructured Next: The dilemma. I am trying to figure out whether FrameMaker has the capability of being able to make or handle the issue of font transparency. Yup, being

"Transparent Fonts"

2009-07-23 Thread Dov Isaacs
FrameMaker doesn't support the Adobe PDF transparency model in any way, shape, or form. The only way you can do wrt/ transparency is to import content that has already flattened (in my book, we call that "ruined transparency") in either PDF or EPS. Specifically making text in FrameMaker itself

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Garnier Garnier
Hello Listers, ? I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch to but involves a very deep learning curve. Is

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Garnier Garnier wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it > or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went > through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch > to but involves

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Art Campbell
Gary, Hasn't 5.1 been released to fix the problems that 5.0 had? I was hearing about it, but don't use it (yet) so I haven't tracked it down. Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl."

http://www.lipsum.com/

2009-07-23 Thread Art Campbell
My favorite site of the day you know when you set up a template or design project, you can never find greeking? This site generates it for you on demand Art Campbell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? art.campbell at gmail.com ?"... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52

http://www.lipsum.com/

2009-07-23 Thread Writer
=D Already been bookmarked. It's great for testing templates. Nadine --- On Thu, 7/23/09, Art Campbell wrote: From: Art Campbell Subject: http://www.lipsum.com/ To: "Free Framers" , "FrameUsers List" Received: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 10:05 AM My favorite site of

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Art Campbell wrote: > Gary, > Hasn't 5.1 been released to fix the problems that 5.0 had? I was > hearing about it, but don't use it (yet) so I haven't tracked it down. > > Art > > Art Campbell > I did not know that 5.1 was available. The DTD nonnormative version of 5.0 was admittedly

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Art Campbell wrote: > Gary, > Hasn't 5.1 been released to fix the problems that 5.0 had? I was > hearing about it, but don't use it (yet) so I haven't tracked it down. > > Art > Found this while searching for 5.1: DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 15 April 2009 View: New views

opening program files from an html file

2009-07-23 Thread Martha Lee
Hi All, Im using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go to generate html files that the developers are going to display within a pane in our software interface. They've asked me to embed a file link in the html file so that when the user clicks on that link, it opens the specified file in our software. The

Section Numbering Problem in Frame 9

2009-07-23 Thread Dustin Wilcox
Thanks, Lynne. That fixed my problem. It was confusing that you could set the section number in the files, but then had to override it in the book with folders. All part of learning Frame 9. -Original Message- From: Lynne A. Price [mailto:lpr...@txstruct.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 21,

Adding files to book results in reverse order

2009-07-23 Thread Dustin Wilcox
Hopefully this is an easy one. I had this problem in 7.2 and now 9 and wonder what exactly is causing it and if there is a fix. I'm creating a book and adding 50 or so files to it (through the add file button). Even though the files are sequentially numbered, Frame adds them in reverse order.

Adding files to book results in reverse order

2009-07-23 Thread Fred Ridder
This is a Windows issue rather than a FrameMaker issue, per se. FrameMaker has always worked this way on Windows platforms, and probably always will because it uses the Windows file selection dialog, which doesn't pass the files to the application in the same order in which the user lists

Adding files to book results in reverse order

2009-07-23 Thread Ian Hawkins
Instead of using Add > Files, just drag them from a Windows explorer window onto the book. This way the order stays the same. Ian Dustin Wilcox wrote: > Hopefully this is an easy one. > > I had this problem in 7.2 and now 9 and wonder what exactly is causing it > and if there is a fix. I'm

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Mollye Barrett
I have used DocBook for many years. As a structure model, DocBook is robust and met all our needs for documenting heavy equipment in 24 languages. It is well developed and well supported. Given the development work is done up front, some people learn quickly while others struggle. On the

[OT] API technical writer list?

2009-07-23 Thread Reid Gray
Hi Framers, I was wondering if there were any lists around for API technical writers? LinkedIn groups? Thanks, Reid

Section Numbering Problem in Frame 9

2009-07-23 Thread Lynne A. Price
At 06:41 AM 7/23/2009, Dustin Wilcox wrote: >Thanks, Lynne. That fixed my problem. It was confusing that you could set >the section number in the files, but then had to override it in the book >with folders. All part of learning Frame 9. Dustin, It is confusing. Still, FM must let you set

Request Info on DocBook

2009-07-23 Thread Gary Schnabl
Garnier Garnier wrote: > Hello Listers, > > I am about to explore DocBook. I am sure some of the listers must be using it > or have used it in the past. Could you please share your experience? Went > through some of the details over the net and it seems a good tool to switch > to but involves

opening program files from an html file

2009-07-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:55:32 -0400, "Martha Lee" wrote: >Im using FrameMaker 7.2 and Mif2Go to generate html files that the >developers are going to display within a pane in our software interface. >They've asked me to embed a file link in the html file so that when the user >clicks on that